Word: earthly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...assembly called Explorer IV. For the Army's dependable ballistic dray horse, Jupiter-C, which has failed only once in four tries, this was a milk-run space delivery-but on a new route. All other U.S. satellites were launched toward the equator to take advantage of the earth's 1,000-m.p.h. spin. Explorer IV soared northeast along the New England coast, into a looping orbit which will span more of the earth's surface-including most of Russia...
...Foods to the Bank of America. The Pictsweet plug catches the writer of a commercial in mid-job, humming, "Pictsweet, something, something, something, something, something-and quality, too." The Bank of America plug brings two spacemen to life with the line, "We'd like to see something in earth money." During the one month that the ad ran on radio, the bank reported that time-plan loans were up 33%. One Salt Lake City station was so impressed with Freberg's words and music that it put on a half-hour show consisting of nothing but Freberg commercials...
...literature today is strewn with dead cats, of all sizes and philosophies--and they all stink. As Jurgen and Domnei and Figures of Earth collect their dust, one wonders at fashion and the "bitch-goddess" fame...
...small beginning. Later will come more ambitious engines of the same general type. The chances are that they will not be used for military purposes; chemical rockets can toss H-bombs cheaper and better. The role of nuclear rockets will be to carry large payloads to orbits around the earth or to the nearer parts of the solar system. They will be particularly good for ferrying supplies to an orbiting space-station. The engine will use only a small part of its uranium fuel during each trip, so if the space-ferry is recoverable, it can make several trips...
Getting off the ground, say the nuclear rocketmen, is only part of the space-flight problem. After the earth has been left behind, and the ship is moving essentially in gravity-free space, it will need an engine that can exert a small thrust for a long time. Several nuclear systems look good for this purpose. A small stream of propellant could be heated by an electric arc, shooting out of the nozzle at very great speed. Or the propellant could be ionized and shot away from the rocket by electrical repulsion. The thrust of this system would be extremely...